Citizenship backlog takes a toll on refugees

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Biak Thwang Urai and his family. Source: SBS News

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Pauline Hanson’s bill to increase minimum residency requirements and impose a harder English language test for would-be Australian citizens has been rejected by a senate committee, as the government spends $9m to deal with a citizenship backlog.

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